I promised a photo

So here it is, spread out on a 5'X8' rug. The GT bag is stuffed full too. I had a little accident after taking the pic and am now sporting an ace bandage on my wrist. I guess it goes without saying that I'm not typing much tonight. Nor am I actually putting all this away, lol. Tomorrow I have an interview with the state, so I'm headed to bed. Wish me luck!

G'nite!

Whoa! What a weekend! Scrapbook Expo '09!

I had such a fun weekend! I went with my mom and Gayle (mom's co-worker) to Scrapbook Expo in Sacramento this past weekend. OMG! It was so much fun!!! We shopped at Green Tangerines, took lots o' classes and shopped the Expo until our credit cards melted.

Thursday was drive day and stopping by Green Tangerines. They were having a 40% off sale, so we did our shopping warm up there, lol. We got a ton of stuff. Seriously. And no, they are NOT closing, despite the rumors. They are actually still going very strong and resetting the store. I cannot wait to see what they do, although it will most likely be spring before we get there again. :(

Friday morning, we started off with Basic Grey's Eerie class. So much fun! Kelly G. is a riot y'all! :) My mom had to feed her addiction and cut class. I stayed until I got interrupted by family business and had to go find her. Ugh. Hopefully, we made up for being such bad students by taking Kelly to GT and The Cheesecake Factory. I'm pretty sure she believes we're crazy. Of course, she's right, but it's all good. ;) Kelly told the waiter it was our birthdays so our red velvet cheesecake was delivered with a candle in it. That's Kelly's arm. I took a pic with her, but I think it's on my mom's phone, so that will come later.

We took SEI's Clearly Fabulous, Quick Quotes This Boy Canvas class, Travel by Land, Sea & Air SEI class and Helix's All Mixed Up album. I didn't finish any of them but will have pics to share soon. :) Between these classes, we shopped, shopped, shopped. It was a whole lotta fun!

Saturday was more classes and more shopping. We took SEI's Expand It, Jacob's Ladder and Stamp & Page Expansion classes. I liked some of the techniques but wasn't thrilled by the paper lines used. I guess I'm just a butthead like that. We also took the Quick Quotes Dutch Door Album class. That was pretty cool, but I was bummed because I couldn't buy the paper pack to finish it. But I made up for that, lol. We bought more stuff. After the Expo, we went for margaritas. Our bartender was a scrapbooker too! And she made some really strong drinks:

And Sunday, we headed home. Of course we stopped at GT again before heading over the mountains. Anyway, here's the car packed to the gills:

What I got to see in the rear view mirrow:

And I know what you're probably thinking....Where are the pics of what you bought, woman? Well, I haven't unpacked yet. Tomorrow I'll get to that. Promise.

For now, I have to go make 24 invites for a Halloween party. By 8am. Wish me luck!

G'nite!

I've been a bad blogger, lol

But I'm back now to beg forgiveness. :) It's been busy busy with me lately. We are taking a much needed vacation to North Carolina. We left on Sept. 30th. I haven't been out there in 15 years. Things sure have changed. I'm going to post my adventures over the next couple of days. :)

We arrived around 11pm on Wednesday night. So of course, we didn't do too much except grab a quick bite at Wendy's and crash. Thursday, we were left to our own devices (as we were for most of the trip), so we borrowed my dad's BMW and checked out Knightdale. The only really odd thing was a lack of Starbucks. We did have breakfast at Hardee's, which now features such delectible menu items like fried bologna biscuits and pork chop and gravy biscuits. I opted for a steak biscuit and my son was enthralled with the idea that they served bacon biscuits. Sadly, spawn #1 was sick to her stomach and didn't get to eat anything. Spawn #2 stuck her nose in the air over what I dared to call food, lol.

Friday was when it really picked up. We rented a car and drove to my hometown. Aahhhhh..... Bliss. :) I drove by my old elementary school and stopped by my old house. It's for sale by the way...more on that later!

We went to my BFF Moment's house and then headed to Tweetsie Railroad. The spawn got to experience the opening night of "Ghost Train". Isn't that like the coolest thing ever? Okay, so I might be a little lame, but my son agrees with me. So we rode the train, we ate junk food, we played carnival games, we rode rides and had just an all around good time. Of course, spawn #3 got a tinsy bit scared by all the commotion aboard the train, but he came around in the end. We bought great little conductors hats and stayed out until midnight. That was a blast!

So that was a fun start to our vacation. :) I'll be posting more about our adventures over the next couple of days.

Flu Bug - BE GONE!!!

It has been a LONG couple of weeks in my lemon cupcakey world. We officially caught a nasty flu bug that has been going around the school for quite some time. It has run through the entire family, taking us out one by one and making me crazy. I still have the sniffles, but I think the worst has passed. So I haven't been doing much scrappy stuff.

I made some quick cards when I had a break from nurse duty. Some are my first experiment with heat embossing. Anyway, they were a nice break from the sicky-poos.

Alrighty, I'm gonna curl up on the couch and close my eyes. That or watch Bride Wars. :)

I spent the day in the scraproom

I have several projects in various stages of completion. I decided to get in a halloween kind of mood for two reasons. First, I saw Basic Grey's new Halloween line, Eerie. Oh.My.Goodness. They outdid themselves. I cannot wait to get my grubbies on this line!

Secondly, my mommy got this for me:

It's already hanging up outside my door, along with the skeleton above my scraproom window who's been hanging out since last year, lol. I'm so getting into Halloween this year.

Anyway, I have a long day tomorrow. More baby daddy drama. Oh well, I'm used to it by now.

G'nite!

Those two weeks just flew by.....

The kids have started back to school and I'm busily emailing every single job I see that I am even remotely qualified for. I haven't gotten any bites yet, but it's only a matter of time right? So anyway, we had a great 4th of July. We were able to watch fireworks from directly below the Nugget. :) And we saw the kids' cousins for a while. They really enjoyed that. :)

They started school on the 7th. It seems like the kiddos have some really good teachers this year too. And they're in classes with all their friends again, so that makes 'em happy. I'm letting them walk to school (despite the snakes, lol) and they seem to be enjoying it. I've been walking with them to get a little exercise in. It's about 2 miles a day, so it helps, right?

Poor Nate has missed 2 days of school already. :( He woke up early Thursday morning with incredible abdomen pain. We went to the doctor and found out he has/had an obstruction in his intestine. So he was given some medicine and we thought he'd just pass it. But Saturday, he had to go to the ER. He had a fever and was in pain like I've never seen. He had to be given fluids via IV, as well as pain meds. He was very good for his CT scan and other tests. Mama was a wreck however. (My mother says I need to sit all my kids down and tell them that they are not allowed to have any more hospital visits because Mom cannot handle it.) He's finally getting better and starting to act like his normal mischievous self again.

I'm going to go grab some popcorn and watch my DVR'd shows I need to catch up on. "Royal Pains", "Burn Notice", and "In Plain Sight" are just three of them. OOHH, I almost forgot "Ghost Hunters"! What a great way to kill some time tonight. :)

G'nite!

I picked up the scraproom today

And you cannot see the tabletop. However everything is out of the bags and off the floor. That in itself is an accomplishment. And tomorrow, I am going with my mother to Sacramento to go shopping. *sigh* At least I'm making a stop at Green Tangerines. :) And Chick fil a....mmm.....chicken nuggets. he he..... I am going to Joanns and Toys R Us and perhaps a side jaunt to the outlets in Folsom. I dunno. After cleaning up I am not feeling a shopping trip. I think this will definately be my last until mid -October when we go to the Scrapbook Expo. It's all good though.

Nothing to big and bad has been going on in my world as of late. Just hanging with the kids and cleaning house. I am reading "The Breathern" by John Grisham. I'm halfway through it, and so far, so good. I'll probably finish it this weekend.

Next monday the spawn go back to school. They all passed and have moved on to the next grade and I have earned another 3 dozen grey hairs. And now we get to start it all over. The plus side is my days will be free to job search. I'm really hoping that I don't have to do a whole lot more temp work. Seriously. I just don't like it. Sure it pays the bills, but just when I'm getting good at it, I'm gone, lol.

Alrighty, I'm going to bed. Tomorrow is Spawn #1's birthday. And we have to get up early to make that drive over the hill. I guess I better figure out something to do for cake tomorrow. Hmmm....Hostess cupcakes from 7-11? That'll work. :)

G'nite all!